NEWS BY THE NATION NEWSPAPER OF MY MOCKING PETER OBI, LP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, FALSE, UNFOUNDED – SOLUDO

Awka: The Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo has described as false and unfounded, a report by the Nation Newspaper, that he mocked Mr. Peter Obi, the Labour Party Presidential Candidate, claiming that he “shall labour in vain and will not win the election”.

This was contained in a statement issued on Sunday by Christian Aburime, Press Secretary to the Governor.

Recall that the Nation Newspapers owned by the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu had published a scandalously sensational news, claiming that Governor Soludo mocked Mr Peter Obi and Labour Party during his speech after a media parley to mark his 100 days in office.

The statement reads:

“The above statement allegedly credited to Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, CFR is totally false and unfounded.

Our checks reveal that the statement was a total misrepresentation by an overzealous reporter who was not among the journalists present when Governor Soludo spoke extempore during his interaction with some audience after his 100 days in office media broadcast.

The above statement could best be described as an attempt by some misguided elements to cause disaffection between the Labour Party Presidential candidate, His Excellency, Peter Obi and the party leadership.

We therefore wish to caution those wishing to cause mischief by publishing false and misleading stories to desist from doing so.

The public should please disregard the entire statement as it never emanated from Governor Soludo”